War and Waste It has been said many times before that technology, although critical in some cases, can lead to corruption. Characters in both Wall-E, directed by Andrew Stanton, and Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury experience a time in which technology does carve the path for corruption. The two works of art are both dystopian classics and cautionary tales, meant to warn society of futuristic problems that could occur. In the film, Wall-E, the lonely and rusted robot named Wall-E has developed a personality within the seven-hundred years the human population has been away. They are lounging on the luxury spaceship, The Axiom, and plan to come back to Earth once it has been cleaned up. Wall-E falls in love with EVE, a plant probe and …show more content…
In the stories Wall-E and Fahrenheit 451, people have abdicated all essential duties for a life of comfort versus freedom. Although both story plots are divergent, their lessons are very much the same. All characters suffer the consequences of technology, trapped under a corrupt government, and have let basic fundamentals like reading slip out of their lives. In Bradbury’s famed Fahrenheit 451, reading has become strictly illegal. All personnel caught with even a single book are faced with the consequence of their house burning down and being jailed as enemy of the state. In Andrew Stanton’s Pixar film, Wall-E, citizens have given up reading for hover-chairs and a lifetime supply of soda and “lunch in a cup” (Wall-E). The two cautionary tales portray the general dystopian view of the future, littered with war and waste. Every dystopian tale has at least one rebel character. In Fahrenheit 451, it is Montag. In Wall-E, it is Wall-E. Montag dares to think, read, and socialize while Wall-E dares to go against AUTO’s orders, go back to Earth, and fall in love. The literal definition of axiom is something that is taken for granted. This reflects on the population’s over-indulgent lifestyle. All in all, the overuse of technology leads to